| Title |
Author |
Notes |
Grades |
| Lost and Found |
Jim LaMarche |
3 inter-related stories around finding what is lost |
3-5 |
| The Leaving Morning |
Angela Johnson |
Moving, packing up, leaving morning. Perfect for a unit on symbolism, "We left lips". Inferring, Connections. |
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| A Color of his Own |
Leo Lionni |
primary |
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| A Day's Work |
Eve Bunting |
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| All I See |
Cynthia Rylant |
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| Angels in the Dust |
Margot Theis Raven |
Dust Bowl |
Intermediate |
| Arrival |
Shaun Tan |
Emmigration Wordless |
Intermediate |
| Beatrice's Goat |
Page McBrier |
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| Big Red Lollipop |
Kahn/Blackall |
primary |
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| Billy Twitter's Blue Whale |
Marc Barnett |
primary |
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| Cajun through and Through |
Tynia Thomassie |
tolerance |
intermediate |
| Christmas in the Country |
Cynthia Rylant |
family, tradition, memories |
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| Do Not Open |
Brinton Turkle |
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| Duck |
Randy Cecil |
Primary |
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| Elizabeth |
Claire Nivola |
Intolerance Holocaust |
Intermediate |
| Enemy Pie |
Derek Munson |
friendship |
Primary |
| Fly Away Home |
Eve Bunting |
homelessness |
Intermediate |
| George's Garden |
Gerda Marie Scheidl |
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| Hey, Al |
Arthur Yorinks |
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| Mr. Belinskys Bagel |
Ellen Schwartz |
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| Osbert |
Elizabeth Kimmel |
Primary |
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| Pezzettino |
Leo Lionni |
Primary |
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| Recess Queen |
Alexis O'Neli |
bully |
Primary |
| Ruthie...Not so Teeny Lie |
Rankin |
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| Secret Place |
Rand |
primary |
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| Shaker Lane |
Alice Provence |
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| She's Wearing a Dead Bird on Her Head |
Kathryn Lasky |
Women's Rights Animal Protection |
Intermediate |
| Spork |
Maclear/Arsenault |
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| Swimmy |
Leo Lionni |
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| The Dot |
Peter Reynolds |
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| The Wall |
Eve Bunting |
Viet Nam |
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| Wolf |
Becky Bloom |
Reading, perseverance |
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| A Sick Day for Amos McGee |
Philip and Erin Stead |
Friendship, routines. Inferring, Connections, Character |
K, 1, 2 |
| My Brother Charlie |
Holly Robinson Peete & Ryan Elizabeth Peete |
How we are all the same and different, autism |
K, 1, 2 |
| Oink? |
Margie Palatini |
Judging others, things aren't always what they seem, did the pigs really plan the whole thing or did it just work out in their favor? |